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S.T. Ibis H764

Technical

Official Number: 118773
Yard Number: 56
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 168
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 110.3 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 285ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

29.7.1903: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.56) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull(64/64) as IBIS.
18.9.1903: Registered at Hull (H764).
9.1903: Completed.
15.10.1903: George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.410).
10.1914: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and 6pdr HA and mine-sweep. Based Falmouth.
1.10.1918: At Falmouth General Patrol and Escort work.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed manager.
1.1.1922: When some six miles off Ostend, sighted a boat and on closing found one man onboard, a survivor from the Spanish steamer MAR CASPIO of Bilbao. The seaman showed signs of life but died shortly afterwards; much wreckage found close to the boat.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
28.9.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees).
23.1.1936: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.2.1936: Sold to Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Brixham.
14.2.1936: Vessel (64/64) mortgaged for £750 with interest at 5% with Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees)(B). Ralph S. Dugdale appointed manager.
11.2.1936: Sold to Brixham Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
14.2.1936: Vessel (64/64) mortgaged for £750 with interest at 5% with Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees)(B). Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
7.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood, fishing round.
15.12.1937: First landing at Fleetwood 60 boxes, grossed £107.
2.12.1938: Brixham Trawlers Ltd registered office transferred to Fleetwood. Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
9.2.1939: Mortgage (B) dischaged.
13.2.1939: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 180 kits – hake-60, cod/codling-15, whiting-20, ing/coley-25, roker-10, dogs-50.
6.3.1950: In River Wyre outward for the fishing grounds in thick fog struck lifeboat slipway and grounded. Subsequently struck broadside by PERN (A160) who had anchored. Crew abandoned to beach. Refloated on next tide and returned to Wyre Dock.
20.4.1953: Mortgage (C) discharged.
8.1954: Sold for breaking up.
10.1.1955: Hull registry closed “Vessel broken up”.
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S.T. Ibis H764

S.T. Ibis H764
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
23/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
17/06/2016: Information updated.
05/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
18/01/2021: Information updated.

S.T. Hornet FD168

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 98708
Yard Number: 14
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.14) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HORNET.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H113).
6.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD168).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1914: Re-measured 155g.
26.1.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager) for £1350.
26.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as EVALD (GG588).
30.9.1920: Sold to Rederi A.B. Karin, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1925: Sold to A.B. Mercari, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
21.10.1925: Trawling westward off the Danish coast between the Skaw and Hirtshals, making three knots. At 5.17am in collision head on with the Finnish Mariehamn registered barque PLUS (1256grt/1885) sustaining severe damage to shell plating port side forward, started to take in water and when engine room flooded started to settle. Crew of ten abandoned in ship’s boat and ship foundered; picked up by PLUS.
27.10.1925: Survivors landed at Helsingør, Denmark. Gothenburg registry closed.

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S.T. Hornet H113

S.T. Hornet H113
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Hornet FD168

S.T. Hornet FD168
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/13/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/02/2018: Added an image.
19/10/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T Honora Evelyn FD165

Additional Information courtesy of Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3870
Official Number: 162066
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.7 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.54) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SILHOUETTE (Ad.No.3870).
3.8.1918: Completed (1 – 6pdr).
3.1931: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.7.1931: Renamed HONORA EVELYN (FD165).
1937: Sold to J. Bier & Son (Iron & Steel) Ltd, London for use on salvage work.
23.9.1937: Attending the wreck of the Fleetwood steam trawler DINAS (FD63) which stranded on 4.12.1936 at Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and became a total loss. Reported stranded on rocks inside Dunfanaghy Bar, attempts to refloat failed and now submerged.
27.9.1937: Completely submerged and considered a complete wreck.
30.10.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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HMD Silhouette

HMD Silhouette
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/08/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Hibernia FD354

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson, Andy Hall and
Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 123803
Yard Number: 801
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 216.49
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 117.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1.2.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.801) for Welsh Trawling Co (64/64), Milford Haven as HIBERNIA.
3.1907: Completed.
14.3.1907: Registered at London (LO266). George H. D. Birt designated manager.
By 1912: Sold to George H. D. Birt (64/64), Milford Haven. George H. D. Birt designated managing owner.
20.5.1912: Alongside at Milford. Thomas John, Herbrandston, working onboard, in passing winch which was in motion, jacket caught in barrel. William Hancock who was nearby quickly responded and stopped winch before John was wound round. John was unconscious and suffered a wound over his left eye and other injuries.
4.1913: Along with BRITANNIA (LO271) inspected by Dutch principals with a view to purchase. In the event only BRITANNIA was sold.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 82.29 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.141).
1914: Based Portsmouth.
5.1915: Renamed HIBERNIA II.
30.7.1917: Sold to The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Ernest Taylor designated manager. Based Portsmouth.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood and reverted to HIBERNIA (LO266).
3.11.1919: London registry closed.
6.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD354).
1922: Joseph A. Taylor & Harold Taylor designated managers.
1924: Walter Morley designated manager.
22.4.1925: Company in voluntary Liquidation. William Ignatius Swarbrick, Chartered Accountant, Preston appointed Liquidator.
7.7.1925: Sold by the liquidator to Walter Henry Utley Morley (64/64), Fleetwood. Walter Morley, designated manager.
16.7.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd wound-up.
03.12.1926: While fishing off the Isle of Man in a strong NE gale responded to distress rocket and found steam trawler EMPORER (H741) disabled with engine trouble and drifting. Owing to the darkness and the sea state it was not possible to approach to communicate and stood by until daylight when, with a moderation in the weather, closed and connected.
4.12.1926: Delivered Fleetwood.
13.11.1929: Sold to Mrs Cicely Blanche Morley & Arthur Sharp, both Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners). Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
25.7.1930: Sold to Oceanic Trading Corporation (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
11.10.1930: Put into Douglas, IoM with damage to starboard bow having been in collision in Ramsey Bay with Fleetwood steam trawler ERNESTA (FD193). Temporary repairs carried out.
30.10.1934: Sold to Mrs Cicely Blanche Morley (64/64), Fleetwood. Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
12.3.1935: Sold to William Walkington (64/64), Fleetwood. William Walkington designated managing owner.
28.5.1935: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), London. Robert S. Hewett designated manager.
2.6.1937: Fleetwood registry closed. Sold to Germany for breaking up.
1938: Breaking up completed.

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S.T. Hibernia FD354

S.T. Hibernia FD354
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/10/2018: Information updated.
07/01/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Hermia FD92

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow and Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 110950
Yard Number: 38
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 216.40
Net Tonnage: 61.26
Length: 120.0 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Menzies & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Shanks, Anderson & Co, Glasgow
Boiler: James Neilson & Son Ltd, Glasgow

History

4.1900: Completed by Menzies & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing (Yd.No.38) as a liner for The Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as HERNIA.
27.4.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1153).
30.4.1900: John Edward Rushworth designated manager.
5.5.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
24.11.1905: When about 200 miles NNW from Hoy Head, Orkney (Sk. G. H. Turner), shipped a heavy sea and Samuel Robbins (36), AB, Grimsby was washed
overboard and drowned.
11.3.1909: Mortgage (A) transferred to Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co Ltd, Grimsby.
21.8.1912: Mortgage (A) transferred to Barclay & Co Ltd, London.
1914: New boiler fitted made by Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees.
5.5.1915: Alteration of tonnage to 210.18g 82.60n. Certificate of Survey dated Grimsby 3.5.1915.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.855). Based Humber as patrol & escort vessel.
7.2.1917: Mortagee re-styled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
27.10.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.10.1917: Sold to The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
29.10.1917: Ernest Taylor designated manager.
31.10.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (B).
11.12.1918: Left Immingham for return to owner.
11.3.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
12.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD92).
1922: Joseph A. & H. Taylor designated managers.
1924: Walter J. Morley designated manager.
1925: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Walter Henry Utley Morley, Fleetwood. Walter Morley designated manager.
22.4.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd in voluntary Liquidation. William Ignatius Swarbrick, Chartered Accountant, Preston appointed Liquidator.
16.7.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd wound-up.
1929: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maatschappij “De Daad”, IJmuiden.
5.3.1929: Fleetwood registry closed.
3.1929: Registered at IJmuiden as PROTINUS (IJM85).
1933: Reederij Fa. Erenst & Weimar designated managers.
1937: F. J. F. Erenst designated manager.
20.3.1940: On a trip in North Sea (Sk.Klaas Wijker); eleven crew. When fishing westward of the Danish/Norwegian coast, bombed by German Heinkel He111 aircraft, skipper and deckhand lost their lives. Crew with two seriously wounded took to boat and stood off as trawler foundered possibly in or near position 57.14N 4.11E.
25.3.1940: Sighted and picked up by HMS/M UNITY having drifted for five days during which the two seriously ill men died. On landing, possibly at Blyth, two other crewmen who had suffered severe frostbite had legs amputated. IJmuuiden registry closed – lost by enemy action.

Note. At the time of this incident The Netherlands had yet to join in the war.

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S.T. Protinus IJM85

S.T. Protinus IJM85
Picture courtesy of George Westwood

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/10/2020: Updated history.